An investigation in California over dramatic health insurance increases is spurring a federal inquiry. Two congressional committees have asked executives from WellPoint, the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross of California, to explain why the company is raising premiums by as much as 39 percent for some customers.

The mayor of a tony Maryland suburb resigned from a prominent golf club on Monday because the club might not welcome President Barack Obama as a member.
Jeffrey Slavin, the mayor of the Montgomery County town of Somerset, wrote in an email that he would not remain a member of Woodmont Country Club because of a recent fevered debate about whether Obama could join.

President Barack Obama said Donald Trump won’t be elected president and the Republican primary campaign has alarmed foreign audiences who expect the U.S. to lead the world.
“I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be president,” Obama said Tuesday at a news conference after meeting with Southeast Asian leaders in Rancho Mirage, California. “And the reason is, I continue to have faith in the American people. And I think they realize that being president of the United States is a serious job. It’s not hosting a talk show.”

President Barack Obama will promise a “year of action” in his State of the Union address Tuesday night as he pledges to restore the American dream to the country’s hard-pressed middle classes ahead of this year’s Congressional elections.
With personal approval ratings in the doldrums, the U.S. Congress controlled by Republican rivals to his Democratic party and his flagship health-care reforms still struggling, Mr. Obama will deliver the annual address in the face of strong political headwinds.

President Barack Obama on Thursday announced an administrative "fix" to the Affordable Care Act that will allow insurers to keep offering current plans for a year, even if they don't meet certain minimum requirements of the law.